The weird thing is that the Hawks are among those who oppose the draft and universal service, because that makes it *harder* to go to war. When everyone’s kids might be sent, suddenly a lot of people are less eager to invade.

Regarding professionalism and a SCIF: I think the most unprofessional thing to do is for an entire BUILDING full of people to go home because of a massive blizzard, but neglect the tell they (bare minimal) staff in the SCIF, leaving them to emerge hours later into a zombie-apocalypse empty building with no carpool to…

Bet he is using some equipment from a company that does not sponsor him.  Probably not afraid of any audio engineering secret sauce; just making sure he gets paid for any public endorsement.

If they die in a shooting, that’s Good d’s Will /s

Shooting in a place where there are dozens of “good guys with guns” and still the shooter kills; crickets.

I pre-ordered this book so long ago I can’t recall... maybe TWO YEARS ago. I figured it was like so many failed kickstarters. I hope they haven’t forgotten about me!

I pre-ordered this book so long ago I can’t recall... maybe TWO YEARS ago. I figured it was like so many failed…

I am a motorcyclist who rides a Ducati (my fourth Ducati). I also ride other makes so I have lots of seat time for comparison. The Desmo valve actuation is not something you can notice as a rider. And yet we Ducatisti love it and defend it. It is more of a religious thing; you know it’s there (you have service bills…

I hope she wins, and I applaud her honesty. But she is running in NY and that Palestine comment was suicide.

Motorcyclist here. The Harley-Davidson tribe is loyal to the concept of American motorcycles, not the company. In fact, back when H-D resurrected itself with improved products, the zealots got pissed and created the “FTF” (F**ck The Factory) because they were catering to the unanointed. 

I hate being an apologist, but in my only recent experience with an ER, I took my wife in on a Saturday night for a situation that turned out to have a 50-50 chance of survival. As doctors freaked out over my wife’s condition, there was also a (white) patient raising a huge ruckus, screaming and kicking things. I…

...and then there is the problem of Amazon soliciting the review before the product has even arrived at my doorstep.

This is far Far FAR from theworst thing that Huckabee has ever said.

Sadly, cannot take credit for that. It was an autocorrect thing

Point taken. Plus there is whaat tvtropes calls “The rule of cool”

Or how’ve ‘bout this: “...and don’t worry lil’ buddy. We’ll take a backup of you on this here. galactic hyper-USB stick Sandeep re-instantiate you in a much cooler robo-body as a reward for your sacrifice. May the force be with you!”

The real question is even more basic:for a society that can make human-level AI robots, WHY did a human need to sacrifice herself to pilot the ship? Maybe the AI’s are considered sentiments and just as valuable as humans, but how come a non-sentient AI - a super-capable autopilot - couldn’t have been set to pilot the…

Yes, the peril-sensitive car ignition! But as an Old Guy, it was at least *slightly* less silly if you remember cars before fuel injection and electronic ignition. Up until the early 1980’s, even a well maintained car often required more than one try to get the engine to start. It was common enough that it was the…

I am not a Wrangler guy so I dunno how that will be received by the Jeep community, but the fact that Fiat-Chrysler has a 360+ HP 2.0L turbo motor is GREAT! This could go into so many cars that I would find awesome. Imagine a Fiat 500 Abarth with this. Or an Alfa 4C. Hell, put it in a Chrysler 200!

I don’t see the problem. Of course a true no-haggle price would not be the absolute best price. The theory is that the dealer is picking a fair price that is a win-win for both sides. I would expect that if I want a rock-bottom price I must be willing to hoof it to half a dozen dealerships multiple times, play them…

Excellent analysis. I do not go to H2OI because I am outside of the age demographice and because one of my college buddies with a huge house on the bay off Kent Island hosts our own private Speedweek around the same time. My wife (who was born & raised in Freeland MD) will only give me one kitchen pass for car events…